Live auction - Lot 749

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Le grant kalendrier des bergiers.

Lyon, Cl. Nourry, 1513

€ 2.000 / 3.000

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4to: [88 (of 96)] ff. (missing 8 ff.: e1, e8, g1, g4-5 (or 5-6, or 4, 6), l2, m1, m8; ff. b1-6 remargined with loss of text in fore-edge margins; ff. a3-5 and e3 remargined without loss).

Mod. red morocco signed Lobstein, covers with blind-ruled border and gilt corner pcs, flat spine with gilt title within blind ruled border, a.e.g. Preserved in a matching slipcase. Apart from the missing ff., a beautiful copy.

Second copy recorded (?) of one of the finest editions of this widely successful late medieval treasure-house of popular medical, scientific, and religious learning. Title and calendar printed in red and black. Large grotesque initial on title, full-page woodcut on verso of title, 56 expressive woodcut ill. in-text. Text partly in double columns.
Ref. Baudrier XII:116-117 (1: Chantilly) = SvGütlingen I:78:51. - Not in Adams, Machiels, STC French, NUC.

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Lot 749

Le grant kalendrier des bergiers.

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